why does epatch_user does not work for syslog-ng-3.6.2 ?

toralf

Putting https://github.com/ihrwein/syslog-ng/commit/75dc0c6d4fffeac7a7b0461a6cdc6edd7a62c22c.patch into /etc/portage/patches/app-admin/syslog-ng-3.6.2/75dc0c6.patch won't work ( https://bpaste.net/show/2de64ad2762b ). The patch itself is fine.
But putting it into /usr/portage/app-admin/syslog-ng/files and changing the ebuild by adding

czanik · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2012 Posts: 5

syslog-ng 3.6.3 is expected to be released in the coming days and contain this fix.
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toralf · Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 1:31 pm Post subject:

Yep - but I still curious, why that ebuild won't work as nearly every other EAPI5 ebuild I have patches for.

charles17 · Advocate Joined: 02 Mar 2008 Posts: 3664

Did you try with /etc/portage/patches/app-admin/syslog-ng without version number?

toralf · Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 2:38 pm Post subject:

John R. Graham · Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 2:40 pm Post subject:

John R. Graham · Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 3:44 pm Post subject:

Yep; it's a bug in the ebuild. Reported to Bugzilla just now: app-admin/syslog-ng-3.6.2 ebuild bug prevents epatch_user from working.

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toralf · Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 4:01 pm Post subject:

John R. Graham · Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 4:57 pm Post subject:

Possibly; however I expect the likely response to such an enhancement request would be something like, "Resolved / Wont Fix: Devs should just use it the right way." After all, the correct usage is not in any way onerous.

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